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A necessary reference for annotations of the Ontario Rules of Criminal Practice

This text annotates the Ontario Rules of Criminal Practice relating to applications for extraordinary remedies and criminal trial and appeal proceedings. It also includes the full text of the Criminal Appeal Rules and the Superior Court of Justice Rules.

New in the 2018 Edition

This year, as in all previous years, all of the statutes, rules, regulations, and related material referenced in the work have been reviewed, revised, and updated as necessary.

Updated statutory and other highlights include:

New Practice Direction Concerning Criminal Appeals at the Court of Appeal for Ontario

For the Superior Court of Justice effective May 1, 2017, the Provincial Practice Direction Regarding Criminal Proceedings was introduced. Some changes that are required include an expectation that counsel are able to speak at all appearances about the nature of past and future appearances as contemplated in R. v. Jordan (S.C.C.) regarding s. 11(b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, The new Practice Direction confirms the necessity of factums for applications to change venue (R. 22), commission evidence (R. 24), constitutional matters including s. 11(b) (R. 27), admissibility of evidence (R. 30), and exclusion of evidence (R. 31).

There are updated pre-trial forms (Form 17) and an updated report to the Trial Judge (Forms 18-A1).

Expectations are set for s. 11(b) applications, hearings and materials.

The consolidated Practice Directions of the Central South and Central West Regions are replaced by Part V of the Provincial Practice Direction Regarding Criminal Proceedings.

The Law Society Rules of Professional Conduct has seen changes to the Rules pertaining to Short-term Limited Legal Services and to the Rules pertaining to Withdrawal from Representation upon Leaving a Law Firm.

À propos de l'auteur

Murray Segal practises as independent legal counsel, consultant, and mediator. Mr. Segal is the former Deputy Attorney General and former Chief Prosecutor of Ontario. He has prosecuted some of the most significant and challenging cases in the country, including Canada's largest white collar crime case. He is comfortable at every level of court and has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on many occasions, arguing complex constitutional and other matters. Today, drawing on his extensive legal and executive experience, he advises and represents clients in both the public and private sectors. As a criminal law authority he has national stature, having written and lectured extensively across Canada.

Mr. Justice Rick Libman, Ph.D., was appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice in November, 1996. He is Chair of the Rule Committee of the Ontario Court of Justice. Justice Libman is the Associate Editor of Motor Vehicle Reports and co-author of Annotated Ontario Provincial Offences Act, Handling Provincial Offence Cases in Ontario, the Annotated Contraventions Act and the regulatory offences newsletter RegQuest.